Wednesday, October 17, 2012

I grew up
with great respect with the company who has live up to their promises of “keeping
me in touch” with my loved ones and “touching lives” of those who feels they’re
alone in the other side of the world.

From my
first telebabad call in high school to a wrong dialled
number that resulted in meeting a new friend and from that joyful feeling of being offered my first job after college
to a sobbing long distance call to my family as an overseas worker, there with me is myPLDT--- my Partner inLight and Difficult Times.

For me, the
telephone is one of the best things that were ever invented. I could have been
stuck in high school until now if not for a telephone tutorial by a classmate
before our trigonometry final exam the next day. I could have never enjoyed the
privileges of working for my current boss, the best in the whole world (I hope
she can read this in time before releasing our Christmas bonus), if not for
that friendly chat over the phone after reading her job placement ad in the
paper. Or I could still be single at 36 today if not for those daily overseas
calls with my then girlfriend (now my wife) for a year.

You see,
a phone call can be one of those life-changing moments in your life. How many
inspiring stories have you heard about the wonders of this thing called telephone?
A call is where thousands of love stories begun,
a way families reunited for a moment even a distance apart and a how million more
individual "best day of my life" events started.

Indeed,
we have been in a long journey in the company of a telephone. I am sure you’ll
also be interested to know some important facts how telecommunication started
in the Philippines. I made a little research about PLDT and created this trivia
by the numbers using the image of an old school rotary phone unit which was a
thing to have in every home then. Take a peek at the rich history of PLDT, the
country’s largest
telecommunications company.

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Tell me
who your friends are and for sure in your list, you’ll have names of people
there that you first interacted with via telephone conversations or have bonded
with after numerous friendly phone chats. You need not to go to places to meet
new friends or create strong connections with others. Sometimes, a sincere voice
is all it takes (and a good and clear line, of course).

And as
time goes by, things get better. In a fast-paced world that is today, it seems
that almost everything gets its turn to be upgraded to be more useful, efficient
and maximize its capability. Our good old landline is no exception.

From
the genius men and women of PLDT, our telephones got to level up and thus a
innovative way of communication is born--- the PLDT Telpad. Thousands of homes
have already made the big leap towards technology on your finger tips.

Now you
can enjoy all the features and benefits of using a telephone (landline and mobile
phone) plus the awesome features of an Android tablet (Yup, Angry Birds, Temple
Run, Instagram and more).

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Tell me
who your friends are and I’ll tell them about Telpad. There are 1,001 reasons
to upgrade your landlines and let me tell you my reason why I will make the
right decision soon. I want a Telpad
because with it, I can make our home a more exciting place to live in.

Who says
you can do only few activities at home. With a Telpad, I can watch videos
and listen to music, browse the internet anytime I want 24/7 and a whole lot more. Just want to
share a productive day I had while surfing the net. I was able to research ways to have a
minimal-cost Christmas celebration by making personalized gifts to my love
ones. Below are some gift ideas that you can actually make using materials you
can find inside your house.

Recycle gifts.While
attending a big business conference last October, I received almost a dozen of
pens with logos of the companies where they came from. They are all still
unused and my niece and nephews can definitely make use of them in school. I’m sure they won’t mind using pens with words
printed on the body with words they can’t understand like “anti-haemorrhoid”
and “Prozac.”

Clippings of Mickey Mouse and Friends.I have a stack of old magazines
and newspapers just waiting for the right offer from a passing magbobote-dyaryo
at home. I remember reading a lot of articles about Walt Disney characters when
they staged a show in Manila recently. I did hear one of my goddaughters sang a
few lines from the “Mickey Mouse Club House” theme song before so I
suspect she is also a fan.

Homemade toy. When I
was in kindergarten myself, I used to have a pet pebble just like any ordinary
kid (hey, owning one then was normal as per Super Grover). I have a few
shiny stones I collected from my first trip in Boracay kept in the attic (now,
I’m not sure if that is normal). My younger brother who talks to lizards
when drunk can have those shiny things as goodluck crystals or use as pamato in piko.
I’ll just have to include an instruction sheet and indicate that imagination is
not included in the kit.

Cartoon collection on CD.Youtube and Nero have save me for a number of
times when I am blank with gift ideas. I once surprised my father-in-law with a
CD full of Eat Bulaga episodes on Father’s Day. He’s a sucker of classic
TVJ jokes and he officially heart me na after that day. It’s been two
years ago since I gave him the gift and I think it’s a perfect time now to give
him new episodes of his favorite show that he only gets to see on weekends.

I’m sure you too can come out with more and better ideas
than those in my list using a PLDT Telpad. Now if you like what you have read,
I would appreciate if you can vote for my entry in the PLDT Telpad’s BloggerChallenge. As an added bonus, you can get a FREE 16g Micro SD card when you
vote and sign up for a Telpad upgrade online.

8 comments:

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